How does an Apple rot? The Story of the White Album by The Beatles | Classic Albums Review 

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The White Album marks one of the greatest epochs in music history. This album really exemplifies their songwriting prowess. And, no mater their nuances, nothing stood in their way of creating classic songs. Even though they all had many outside cultural influences, the Beatles still managed to collaborate as they did in the early days without any formula for writing songs.

21:08 Jim Morrison never sat in on a Beatles recording session, nor did the doors record at Abbey Road.

My favorite album of all time. Variety, raw energy, creativity. This was the last Beatles album I bought (way after they broke up)...I was already a huge Beatles fan, and bought this last because it was expensive (double album) and in the record bin I wasn't excited about buying an album that was just white - I figured it was some throwaway album. But when I played it, I was so utterly blown away, the Beatles went into orbit for me. I wondered why I hadn't heard so many of these songs before. And Julia....wow...that rocker Lennon, could write such a touching, incredibly beautiful song about his mother put him into a whole new category.

"Mother's Nature's Son" is the most underrated song in the Beatles catalog, methinks.

Love this record. Whatever path the Beatles took, I’m grateful it went that way. It’s an incredible body of work

Had the White Album been released as a single album, it would have had quite a similar vibe and feel to Revolver, another strong and eclectic collection of top-notch songs.

The white album is a wonderful example of so many different musical styles. A primer.

If I could only pick one Beatles album, it would be The White Album. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Dear Prudence and Blackbird are simply phenomenal!!!

The Beatles were the and are the best band of all Time!

When I'm in a the mood for wild variety, rambunctiousness, and edginess, the White Album is my favorite Beatles album. When I want sparkling and grand pop-rock, "Abbey Road" is my favorite Beatles album. I go back and forth between those two as my favorites. Honorable mention to "Revolver."

Ringo had actually written "Don't Pass Me By" several years earlier. There are a couple occasions in 1964 interviews when McCartney mentions Ringo having written it, and gives samples. Apparently at the time it was considered too much a "country song" for the Beatles to use.

The White Album is perfect - every track was right where it should be - Savoy Truffle is my favorite but it was all fantastic. Their best album and all of them were great.

Love this album mostly because my brother played it constantly in his room. So I just absorbed it into my conscious and subconscious. He’s passed away now so it’s good memories for me and I love almost every song.

The album is a treasure. Best studio time they ever spent and rendering in the process what to me was their all-time best song, "Long, Long, Long". Never tire of the panorama of The White Album. It is the essence of The Beatles just as Exile On Main Street is the essence of The Rolling Stones.

I'm 50 so I thought The Beatles were the stereotypical teeny corny top 10 hit band. I can't express how greatful I am for these and other videos. Discovering the band now at this age is so so rewarding. I had no clue how good they are and I watch the videos with rapt attention.

I loved the White Album so much that I took it with me everywhere I went. No battery operated record players back then so if there wasn't electricity I didn't go. My Dad was a great piano player and he loved Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da so he played a Ragtime version it was great. They didn't realise at the time that Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da appealed to a whole generation of oldies and so they became Beatles fans, to a point of course.

Fun to hear so much oft-repeated misinformation on this subject all in one place!

Hold on a minute, the roar of the propellers on a plane?? That's a jet plane dude! Nice doc on my favorite Beatles album though....

“Paul wrote grannie songs….oh yeah, also Helter Skelter.” The man did it all!

"A roar of propellers"? It was a jet!

This is great! Really looking forward to more of your classic album reviews.

Really good video. Lots of info I'd never heard anywhere before, and delivered in a format that kept it entertaining.

I have George's "Wonderwall Music" album. It's a soundtrack for the movie Wonderwall. It has a lot of different music styles, but it's not his electronic experimental album. That was 1969's "Electronic Sound" which was the second (and last) release on the Beatles' Zapple label.

In my opinion this is their best album. It also contains the best Beatle song ever. And Harrison wrote and sung it. While my guitar gently weeps. This album would have been perfect if it had enclosed the giant rolling paper Cheech and Chong gave you with Big Bamboo.

The unreleased song mentioned as No Guilty, was actually Not Guilty. With possibly the most takes in the recording of it of any Beatles song.

I love the eclecticism of the album and feel so peeved at all those who have grumbled on about preferring it to have been a single album. The album is a historic record of the state of the group: The weak tracks, though many, are the glue that holds the classics in place. Without those weak tracks, the classics would fall through the gaps! I'm also in a minority, because I love the Musee Concrete of 'Revolution 9', particularly the use of the last two unison orchestral notes of Sibelius 7th symphony. I counted thirteen uses of these two notes! Long live the White Album!

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Bravo! This is a very well conceived and informative review of the Beatles' "White Album", which includes many facts and bits of Beatles trivia that I had never heard before. Cleverly written and researched, and presented creatively and professionally by new RU-vid content creators MUSIC BOX, who appear to know the business of producing informative and entertaining videos that are well worth watching. Once again, bravo and thanks!

Kinfauns was a large 1950s deluxe bungalow in Esher in the English county of Surrey, on the Claremont Estate. From 1964 to 1970, it was the home of George Harrison, lead guitarist of the Beatles. It was where many of the demo recordings for the band's 1968 self-titled double album (also known as the "White Album") were made. The bungalow has since been demolished, and another house built in its place.

The White Album is undoubtedly one of the greatest albums ever. even OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA makes sense buried within this treasure of musical ideas flowing into each other. I never tire of it. A thing of beauty is still a joy forever !

What an excellent piece of work. I am QUITE impressed with your production, this is the very first time I have seen it. 5 stars. Home run.

I think they all felt after MMT things were getting stale with four previously released tracks making up its running order a new start was needed. Psychedelia was winding down Epstein their business mentor had died and 1968 represented a return to guitar based sound. Rishikesh was a well of creativity for them and introducing audiences to these well-crafted songs gave them artistic impetus. Groundbreaking album and it's importance cannot be understated. It symbolizes for me their last great run before the end.

OK, think on this: Not a double album... not a single album... but a TRIPLE album! Some of the established running order sides 1-4would need reworked, but imagine if they'd added in Isn't It A Pity, Sour Milk Sea, Not Guilty, What's Yer News Mary Jane, Child Of Nature, Suzy Parker (maybe, with a little more work), Teddy Boy, Junk, Goodbye, and close side five with Hey Jude. Side six starts with Revolution #1, then Revolution #9 and finish up with Revolution. Voila! Come on, you know you want to play...

Exceptional work here, mate. Well-done.

The range of expression is astounding. It was great to be there as a young boy. Still amazing.

'Always been one of my most beloved and favorite Beatles albums . . . .It truly has something for every one. It's one of my many genuine Beatles treasures. I still have my original vinyl purchased 'way back in 1968 . . . as well as a CD of this epic double-album.

From the inside. I once read a good book from the early 70s which told the break up story - 'Apple to the core'.

Informative and insightful. Thanks for the video. As an aside I know Mia Farrow and talked with her about her days in India with the Beatles.

You make very professional, informative and entertaining videos

Awesome work! Would love to see similar videos for the other albums

The narrator states at 8:33 that shortly after Obla-di obla-da was released "the Lemonade group made a cover and it went to #1." The group was actually called The Marmalade and the cover version only went to #1 in Great Britain.

I'm pretty sure that the group who covered Obladi-Oblada was called Marmalade, not Lemonade 😆

One of the greatest albums of all time, no doubt.

It was one of my favorite albums as a kid and I found a lot of the songs that people disregard as really fun and easy to learn. I've learned how to play most of it.

Wonderwall Music was not "an electronic experiment." The "electronic experient" was George Harrison's second solo album, "Electronic Sounds."

My only complaint about this most informative post is I couldn't tell most of the time what songs the narrator was referring to. Even so I appreciate the spirit in which this post was made. Not to mention the "post," Beatle songs that never made it on to a Beatles album. Now I'm going to have to track these titles down to see where they ended up as the titles themselves of these songs are compelling.

the beatles should have made an in studio concert film of the entire white album.all they would have had to do is play all the songs straight thru in front of the cameras and then call it a day.

George had 3 songs on Revolver so he should have had six at least on a double album

The White Album friggen terrified me as a child 🤣 It wasn’t just the audio-horror that was “Revolution 9”, but also the weird and almost sadistic sounds of songs like “Piggies” and “Wild Honey Pie” that just had me so unnerved. I was a big fan of the Beatles, because of my parents, but I would legit hide that cd from them frequently just so they wouldn’t listen to it 🤣 Ever since, though, I’ve finally grown up to appreciate the album as brilliant. I still get this weird and disturbed vibe from it to this day, though.

My brother bought this album on reel-to-reel tape (oh, my, the sound quality), and I remember thinking when I first heard it-even as a callow high school freshman (albeit a musician)-that it sounded like two solo albums, a solo EP, and a one-off, novelty single, which is, essentially, what it is. Although the White Album's eclecticism is stunning in its breadth, it really is a harbinger of the demise of the group.

I purchased my copy of The White Album as a 15 year old during the spring of 1977z it contained two posters along with a pair of decals. My favourite track is “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” especially the musical bridge. It took me a while to warm up to most of the tracks but all in all it’s a great dual album.

I think it's the Beatles' best and by far most interesting album. I've been a huge fan for theirs for almost 50 years now, and I grew up with the conventional narrative of their "decline," but now I think it's all just a comforting framing device we impose retroactively to turn it all into a morality tale for our own edification. I really have grown sick of the whole tired old story of how Sgt Pepper was a high point and the White Album was a low point. I personally can't stand Sgt Pepper except for "A Day in the Life," but I keep going back to the White Album, year after year. Since when do rancor and stormy relationships among artistic collaborators always equal artistic decline? Because I could probably fill a few pages off the top of my head with the names of great artistic partners who couldn't stand each other personally from the word go. These guys were all in their 20s, had been completely cooped up together for several years, their lives under a constant media microscope, and on top of that were expected to shit gold bricks every time they picked up an instrument, all while remaining cute, relatable, and affable for their fans. Leave them the fuck alone, already. Imagine being in that situation with your three best friends. Whatever bullshit was happening in their personal lives, they created some of the greatest music ever made, music that will be celebrated for centuries to come, and a lot of that music is on the White Album. Like Paul said in the Anthology documentary: "Its great! It sold! Its the bloody Beatles white album! Shut up!"

It was "Marmalade", not "Lemonade", that released "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" as a single.

Cheers buddy I really enjoyed that great trivia too

Rocky Raccoon is a fun song and Paul’s voice is superb. The man of a thousand voices is so true. I’m glad they kept it.

Clapton "...always behaved at the height of his legend." What does that statement actually mean? Having listened to a bit more of this video I'm starting to think it's been translated into English from another language.

Just on disc 1 it like listening to 17 different music acts on each track. Their most diverse album.

Definitely my favorite Beatles album. My fondest memories of this album are playing it loud in the parking lot/campgrounds of Alpine Valley while waiting for the Grateful Dead's next show back in the 80s.

Excellent review and background of this timeless album and a lot of back stories! Can’t believe I’m just the 2nd comment…surely thousands more will enjoy in time!

Ringo didn't film the 'Magic Christian' film until after the 'Let It Be' sessions.

Dehra-dun by George did appear on the Beatles Anthology in 1996. and the song is Not Guilty. not no guilty.

By far the best album, they have put together. I love it. Play it so many times, and I still do.

Amazing info. Maybe not completely accurate (as some comments state below), but still very entertaining and informative. As one who writes songs, I understand the process, tensions, etc the four went through

Stop the nonsense...The Beatles was, and still is, an excellent collection of amazing music.

Why are you calling George's song NO Guilty? It's clearly NOT Guilty!!!! eek Other than that, I like your LP run-through.

My first album. I was 14 years old, got it for my 14th birthday as a present from my father. He got it cheap through someone worked in a shop, the deal was they got the poster that came with it. I liked that album a lot. Our neighbor got Sargent Peppers around the same time. Had no fav songs. I remember we also had a single with Hey Jude on one side and revolution on the other. So many songs on that album, a double album, Played it through beginning to end over and over. That album was very powerful because of the collection of songs that obviously a seminal collection. Can't imagine what it would take to put something like that together. Who would have known they were falling apart as a band at the same time they were a blaze of creativity. Ringo also wrote other songs, he wrote one that the Rolling Stones recorded as I remember.

You do a pretty good series here. Lots of facts I'd never heard before.

The Beatles were so far ahead of their time their songs were or gained number one ten years after they officially broke up.

They made you buy and then open the LP to see the full color photos most bands would've put on their cover! I wonder if this was a compromise, an argument with their company perhaps?

1. George's song is called Not Guilty. 2. Ringo didn't start making Magic Christian until after the Get Back sessions in Jan 69, amd 3, Don't pass me by is older.

great review!!

Helter Skelter - widely accepted - as one of the fore runners of heavy metal, has more to it than meets the eye (or should I say ears, lol). Could somebody throw more light on this. The story (I heard) is that the band was having fun and recorded a 27 minutes’ version, which has not been heard by the world. Even the song in the “white album” fades out, instead of having an ‘ending’. Hope to hear more about this in this forum. Peace be with you all.

The first masterpiece on the album was Dear Prudence. Back in the USSR was pretty good too. That is not to say While My Guitar Gently Weeps isn’t a masterpiece, because it is.

Excellent presentation. Thank you!

Very well done, sir. Please cover all The Beatles albums. Then maybe the Rolling Stones. Your channel will blow up immediately. 😎

Bob Dylan had a double alum in 1966- BLONDE ON BLONDE

How ironic..."Obla Di Obla Da", (a song Lennon coined as 'Paul's Granny Music'), was, out of frustration, actually revamped and ultimately based on John's chord sequence. Lol. John had had enough...and showed Paul, what the hell kind of sound it was, Paul was after. Lol. And yet...John still hated it. What a great anecdote!!! Love learning new tid-bits, about the Greatest Band Of All Time...The Beatles. 😎

Thank you so much for this fascinating review

I was there. Born between Liverpool and Manchester 1953....keep editing ha!

Great video, very well produced. Congratulations on a job well done. 👏 except, the song was called "Not Guilty" like what a person says in court to proclaim their innocence. Yes my favourite Beatle album.

A brilliant album, all of it.

Nicely done. Thanks

Very good. some nice new information in there

I am 3 minutes in and there are already easily avoided factual errors. 1. Ringo didn’t start filming The Magic Christian until 1969, well after The White Album was released. 2. John and George suspected that the Maharishi was a fraud, but later said that they were wrong. The video looks and sounds great. Do a little more research.

There are some nice light overview comments in the video, but also some errors that make it feel like not a whole lot of effort was put into it. You said one of the tracks on here was the first time the 4 Beatles weren't on a song, but Yesterday only featured Paul and was rather a big hit to not have had on the radar when making this video. Also it sounds like Lennon was referred to as 'she' a few times?

LOVE the Esher Demos

White album. I heard Love Me Do and other early Beatles when I was around 5. Didn't pay attention to much... well the Monkees happened and ate that up, but my brother brought home some cassette tape recordings of the White Album when I was 10. I asked who it was, and he says: the Beatles! I said no WAY!!!!!! I couldn't believe it was the same band. Best Album ever !!!!

A must read is the book by Geoff Emmerick, the Beatles recording engineer, called Here, There, and Everywhere. He started recording the Beatles early on, but quit in frustration, during the White Album, because of the tension. He returned for the Abby Road album, my favorite section of the book. Check it out if you havent already.

"Birthday" was actually a McCartney composition. The others helped by playing on it. Lennon admits it. Emmerick admits it. You should too. And by the way, is it me or I get the feeling you are a Lennon-Harrison fan but not a McCartney one?

I have an original copy although at this moment I have no idea what number it is. It to me is a Masterpiece among Masterpieces. Being a Beatle fan from the beginning I truly cannot say a have a favorite album because to me they are all my favorites. The Beatles started it all for me and was the main reason I became a musician. Hendrix whom I saw in concert in '68 was the second reason.

For only two videos I have to say you’re doing a great job! Keep it up

It's amazing how much you get wrong in this video. "The lemonade group", aka, Marmalade.

Excellent video man thank you for the little details I didint know about these songs (:

This is the first and only time I've seen a photo of George holding a Gibson J 200!! I don't think Epiphone were making them at the time, but the Beatles did love Epiphones, as do I! Jack ~'()'~

It's good fun, but I wish "Lady Madonna" and "Hey Jude" popped up near the end. I don't think anyone would have complained if some of the lesser songs had been B-sides. Also, is it true George presented "Isn't it a Pity" to the band in '66? That could have been a monster on The White Album.

Decided to rank all the songs on the album. Top 10 was really tough...and I realized I would rank this album higher if it weren't for a few really bad songs (e.g. Wild...). The top half of this album is SOLID!!! 1. Cry Baby Cry 2. Long Long Long 3. While my guitar Gently Weeps 4. Back in the ussr 5. Im So Tired 6. Dear Prudence 7. Julia 8. Yer Blues 9. Helter Skelter 10. Blackbird 11. Savoy Truffle 12. Piggies 13. I Will 14. Revolution (B side would be higher...) 15. Glass Onion 16. Obladi oblada 17. Mother Nature's Son 18. Birthday 19. Revolution #9 20. Happiness Is A Warm Gun 21. Why Dont we do it in the road 22. Good Night 23. Rocky Racoon 24. The Story of bungalow bill 25. Sexy Sadie 26. Everybody's got something to hide 27. Martha My Dear 28. Honey Pie 29. Dont Pass me by 30. Wild Honey Pie

3. Yes, John gave the piano opening to Ob-la-di a whole new twist on the song. But he didn't 'get up with a look of hatred' - he had been out and when he came back he simply walked over to the piano and played what would become the beginning of the song.

Paul did not apologize for magical mystery